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Luis Ortiz

Cleveland Guardians American League Central

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 235 lb
Number: #45

Born: January 27, 1999 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: September 13, 2022

dbWAR: 2.0
IP: 88.2
ERA: 4.36
FIP: 4.18
K/9: 9.7
FIP−: 101

Luis Ortiz was a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2025 he struck out 96 batters over 88.2 innings across 16 appearances, 16 of them starts, going 4-9. His ERA of 4.36 was 5.0% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the second worst on his team, and 332nd of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.18 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 28.8% of swings (13.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.1%. His 1.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.

FIP4.18

K/99.7

WHIP1.38

WAR1.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2025	CLE	16	16	88.2	4	9	0	80	43	96	42	4.36	4.18	1.38	9.7	4.3	105	101	1.1
2024	PIT	37	15	135.2	7	6	1	109	50	107	42	3.32	4.25	1.11	7.1	2.8	81	104	1.0
2023	PIT	18	15	86.2	5	5	0	99	46	59	48	4.78	5.57	1.70	6.1	5.0	110	129	-0.2
2022	PIT	4	4	16.0	0	2	0	8	8	17	10	4.50	3.67	1.13	9.6	5.6	113	93	0.3

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	198	171	38	9	26	50	.222	.323	.433	.332	25.3%
vs RHB	184	166	42	3	16	46	.253	.321	.337	.297	25.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Luis Ortiz throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	29.4%	441	96.4	2,279	48.1%	32.0%	95	.242	.768
Slider	25.9%	389	85.5	2,389	47.8%	39.5%	83	.205	.669
Sinker	19.5%	293	95.5	2,292	51.2%	12.8%	83	.241	.577
Changeup	12.9%	194	89.4	1,461	43.3%	29.3%	52	.212	.601
Cutter	12.3%	184	91.1	2,337	50.0%	22.1%	24	.375	1.234

Luis Ortiz's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Grant HolmesATL

ERA: 3.99
FIP: 4.40
SO: 123
WAR: 1.0

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Will WarrenNYY

ERA: 4.44
FIP: 4.07
SO: 171
WAR: 2.1

Very close

Jack LeiterTEX

ERA: 3.86
FIP: 4.15
SO: 148
WAR: 1.7

Very close

Spencer StriderATL

ERA: 4.45
FIP: 4.53
SO: 131
WAR: 1.0

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.